Sarah Jibril
Dr. Sarah Jibril is Special Adviser to the President on Ethics and Values Presidential Aspirant under the platform of the SDP and then PDP.
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Political Career[edit]
She held roles in the State Broadcasting Corporation, the Special Task Force on Social development, and was the Honourable Commissioner of Social Development, Youth Sports and Culture. Throughout her working life she has held an extensive range of roles in, and support for NGOs including The Human Development Foundation of Nigeria of which she was one of the founders, and the Africa Fund for Development, Peace and Reconciliation (AFRIF-DPR) of which she was President, and became Chairman of the non-partisan Task Force on political Awareness of National Council of women’s societies. She is also a trustee of various youth and womens’ charities. More recently Sarah has become Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal college of Education. Sarah has an impressive history of achievement in a wide range of educational, ethics, governance, education, charitable and business roles.
Education[edit]
By profession a Counseling Psychologist in the areas of Family, Youth & Politics, she was educated in Nigeria, the UK and the USA.
Notable work[edit]
She was the first Nigerian woman to candidate in the presidential elections.
Awards[edit]
She was the winner of various awards including the Dr. Martin Luther King Award –For Leadership Excellence in the USA, the This Day Newspaper Awardee of Life Achievers, the 50 Women of Valour awards and the First Lady of Nigeria’s 50 Women award.
